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I refuse to pay a subscription for software. If you want recurring money from me, sell new versions that have things I want. (I do not buy new versions of Microsoft Office, because repainting the same thing and adding features I don't use anyways isn't worth money to me.)

Mandating that my software stops working unless I pay more for it is a surefire way to make me go somewhere else for software.

I used to buy Adobe Photoshop, and have since moved to Affinity Photo ($50, one-time, does everything I used Photoshop for) since they moved to subscription-only. I outright will never have "Office 365", and strongly recommend to anyone who asks to buy the full retail editions instead. If Microsoft ever switches to 365-only, no big deal, open source software is more than adequate in this area.

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I refuse to pay a subscription for software. If you want recurring money from me, sell new versions that have things I want.

Do you want your old software to keep working with new OS upgrades? In the case of iOS:

- If you bought an app that was created before the iPhone 4, do you want higher resolution images?

- If you bought an app that was created before the iPhone 5 do you want the app to take advantage of the full display?

--If you bought an app before the 5s that was 32 bit, do you want the app to keep working with iOS 11?

--If you bought an iPad app do you want it to take advantage of larger iPad sizes? The new multitasking features? The new drag and drop features?

Either you pay a subscription or you pay for new versions.

I am entirely okay with paying for new versions, especially if they are updated to take advantage of new features or support for new devices.

I agree with you entirely. I will pretty much never pay any subscription. I was even happy to throw my 1999-2011 Adobe Suite bread and butter in the bin over the cloud thing. It just doesn't work for me. It is indeed a complete mugs game.

I have to buy a new phone to get Android updates.

Used to buy new phones to get Series 30, Series 40 and Symbian updates as well.

Do you think that's the way things should be? When iOS 11 comes out in September it will support all 64 bit iPhones starting with the 5s that was introduced in September 2013. By the time iOS 12 comes out next year, it would have been supported for 5 years with OS updates.

With the price of iPhone I can buy 3 good quality Android devices.

No, it is not how things should be.

We should be able to get at least security updates during the warranty period (2 years in Europe) and no mobile phone should cost more than a laptop/desktop system.

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